Unit Lesson Planning Template


Seeing the Unseen


Anchoring Event Activity Described
https://wow.osu.edu/experiments/Gases/Air%20Takes%20Up%20Space%20-%20Tissue%20in%20a%20Cup%20%20


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World's Smallest Computer (size of a grain of rice)
10 Cool Things About Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology: The Future is Now

The World's Smallest Movie: A Boy and His Atom
The Making of the World's Smallest Movie: A Boy and His Atom




Build an Atom Simulation from PhET Lab


Build an Atom
Click to Run


Magnets, Electromagnets, and Neutrino Beams


Magnet Unit Anchoring Event Video



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Maglev Train
Aurora Australis Movies at the South Pole by Robert Schwarz


Amazing Resonance Experiment

Magnets and Electromagnets from Phet Lab
Magnets and Electromagnets
Click to Run


Electricity, Magnets and Circuit Interactive Activities for Kids from PhET Lab


Magnet Lesson Plans


Unit Overview:
Introducing the Unit
Magnificent magnets

Day 1


Day 2
Magnetic Materials
The Rules of Attraction

Day 3--Strengths

Magnetic Interactions

May the Force Be with You

Day 4--Polarity Activity
Magnetic Interactions
A Visit to the North Pole


PREREQUISITE: Reading Activity: Earth is a Magnet

Day 5--Build Your Own Device (Compass)
Practical Applications
The Earth’s Magnetic Personality

Day 6
Practical Applications
Move It!

Day 7
Electromagnets
Creating Magnetism through Electricity
Day 8
Electromagnets with a Switch
A Real Turn Off
Day 9
Building a Rudimentary Motor
Pulling it All Together
Reading Activities:
Earth is a Magnet


Animal Magnetism


Magnets and Motors via Google Books


Magnet Activities



Magnet Lesson Plans